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The @nytimes' recently obtained tax records also show no $20 million donation from Trump to St Jude's, reconfirming this @washingtonpost story from 2016 washingtonpost.com/news/post…
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This photo opp is fascinating. Not one Indian soldier seems to have external injuries needing any bandages...they are all able to sit straight up (no internal injuries?), the pristine hospital ward with beds that look un-slept on...zero medical equipment. What is going on here?
PM Modi meets injured soldiers of Galwan valley in Nimu, Ladakh pscp.tv/w/cc29AjFZTEVKTlh4RG…
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I mean how upset one must be, over slow home internet speeds, to pay for a personal quarter-page national ad in print @WSJ
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How not to write photo captions in Circa 2023, @nytimes.
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A journalist from India who is relentlessly targeted for her work. Read her.
The kind of hate , misogyny, threats, abuse I have seen on my timeline in the last two days is something I have never witnessed before ( Given that i am immune to the worst possible trolling on social media). If this is not intimidation, I don't know what is
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A stunning denunciation of the Modi government from Indian Medical Association, @IMAIndiaOrg, the normally pusillanimous apex organization in India:
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Pandemic baking humor
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❤️ THIS Kids in Noida, India, stick a small container full of toothpicks with a small trash bin next to elevator buttons and encourage their high-rise neighbors to not touch floor buttons with their fingers. Simple, eco-friendly and very much a #coronavirus #jugaad 🙏🏾👏🏾👊🏾
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A new low-cost coronavirus vaccine heading to India, where it will be manufactured by Hyderabad’s Biological E as Corbevax, was developed by a small American team in Texas which shared it patent-free. It expects nothing in return. washingtonpost.com/world/202… via @washingtonpost
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How canceled events and self-quarantines save lives, in one chart vox.com/2020/3/10/21171481/c…
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Today, after 36 years of teaching hundreds of Indians who aspired to be journalists, Thomas Oommen is formally putting aside his pen, which never ever ran out of red ink in the critical pursuit of excellence among his students. I owe everything of professional consequence to him.
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So glad COVID-19 can't move sideways 😷🤦🏽‍♂️
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A steady stream of Republican complaints in Milwaukee was putting the recount far behind schedule, county clerk George Christenson said. He said many Trump observers were breaking rules by constantly interrupting vote counters with questions and comments. “That’s unacceptable."
AP: Trump observers seeking to obstruct the recount in Wisconsin by unnecessarily questioning ballots. apnews.com/article/election-…
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Good morning, @Twitter. Park Avenue, NYC h/t Ace Mulvahil
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Meanwhile, also in America... Charges Dropped against Alabama Cop Who Partially Paralyzed 58-year-old Sureshbhai Patel nbcnews.com/news/asian-ameri… via @nbcnews illustrates how difficult it is to hold law enforcement officers accountable under the criminal laws for brutal acts
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Like populists elsewhere, Modi will be reluctant to take actions that might imply his govt's earlier mistakes fuelled today’s outbreak. Unless he does, more funeral pyres will burn across his nation. The tragedy of India’s 2nd wave, by @FT Editorial board on.ft.com/32MKrCN
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In which @shakeshack, a company with revenue of over $100M and no franchises, first tapped $10 mil in "small business" coronavirus relief loan. When asked about it, chain says it will return the money fortune.com/2020/04/19/small… via @FortuneMagazine
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On The Impossible @RanaAyyub, written by someone who deserves a similar profile for her own courage and talent, Priya Ramani livemint.com/mint-lounge/fea… via @livemint in @Mint_Lounge
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The @nytimes can be so miserably exasperating with its nonsensical headlines sometimes
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On February 1, 2007, >7 months of mostly secret preparation, we launched Mint in print (@livemint web site went live the night before). Happy anniversary to its founding team—so many of them now my dear friends; former colleagues, and everyone now in the newsroom of my third-born
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At least 155 journalists have died from Covid in India Journalists We Lost, a running list docs.google.com/document/u/1… via @NWM_India
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Good PSA for @wsj and needs to run more widely "outside" of its print platform, where readers mostly know/get this.
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The irony of this coming from Indian journalism
Liar, liar: How US media stood up to Trump In these wised-up times when we are sceptical about a single truth, the US media still came around to calling a lie a lie. Read: toi.in/zmwtzZ20/a24gk #USAElections2020 #USPresidentialElections2020 #USElectionResults
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A high profile @substack launch out of India Welcome to @RanaAyyub's Substack ranaayyub.substack.com/p/com…?
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About time, Hyderabad (#Biryani), India. h/t @samar11
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The Trump administration formally shut the door on the Open Skies treaty, exiting the agreement while moving to get rid of the planes that were used to carry out the accord, making it more difficult for Biden administration to restart the program wsj.com/articles/trump-exits… via @WSJ
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Customs Gambit After winning gold in first ever online FIDE Chess Olympiad, Team India players were asked to pay customs duty on the gold in their medals that were sent to them from Russia lifestyle.livemint.com/news/… via @livemint
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👏🏾 Daisy Veerasingham Named President and CEO of @AP She will be the first woman, first person of color and first person from outside of the United States to lead The Associated Press in its 175 years editorandpublisher.com/stori…
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So many newsrooms to so many digital folks for so many years...
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India @whatsapp keeps giving
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"I have blood on my hands" A Whistleblower Says @Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation buzzfeednews.com/article/cra… via @CraigSilverman in @buzzfeed
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As someone who rarely focuses on the rear-view mirror to measure how far we have come, when we still have such a long way to go, this was humbling. And also reassuring that we all need to stay this course, no matter how frustrating it can sometimes seem. Thank you, @ONA board.
The recipient of the #OJA20 Rich Jaroslovsky Founder Award is Raju Narisetti (@raju)! 🏆 Come celebrate with us on YouTube, where we're sharing statements from ONA Board members and Raju is giving his acceptance speech. piped.video/mxHKZJtRwbM
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I ran the @WhiteHouse pandemic office. @realDonaldTrump closed it. Now, the federal government is moving too slowly, due to a lack of leadership, by Beth Cameron washingtonpost.com/outlook/n…
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A marriage ad in an India newspaper. How male privilege works...this is one demanding unemployed dude with a lot of hangups:
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The @nytimes, on the many different working class humans of Silicon Valley nytimes.com/2021/05/08/busin…?
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How UnAmerican Will America Let It Continue To Become?
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces he’ll hold briefing about COVID-19 with limit press coverage on Monday at 2 pm. The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News once again not allowed to be there to ask questions despite both cities seeing huge spike in ICUs.
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett failed to disclose to the Judiciary Cmte. her participation in a 2006 two-page ad in the South Bend Times calling for Roe v. Wade to be overturned, two Democratic committee aides confirm to @NBCNews. nbcnews.to/2Se2cFM
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Congratulations to former @WSJ boss and always mentor, Paul Steiger who formally wrapped up his stint as part-time executive chairman of @ProPublica. Paul is a brilliant, kind and no-nonsense leader, and was the founding editor-in-chief, CEO and President of ProPublica 2008-2012
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"military hospital in Leh" as per @IndiaToday
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Back To The Future Amid the #coronavirus outbreak, the 305 drive-in theaters left in America unexpectedly find their moment latimes.com/business/story/2…
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Fyi, members of the NYC Police Benevolent Association, NYC's largest police groups, who let their leaders endorse Trump:
Mnuchin admits Treasury withheld nearly $4 million from a New York City fund for 9/11 first responders hill.cm/PZyIZL8
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What happened to 17,000 wallets, containing various sums of money, that were "dropped" in 355 cities across 40 countries. What was the level of civic honesty across nations? science.sciencemag.org/conte… via @ScienceMagazine
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Spin Cycles
Death is big news, recovery is not. Do we know that more than 85% people recover without hospitalization and only 5% need critical care. But the larger debate in the country is not about recovery or death: it is about who should be blamed for the pandemic. thedailyguardian.com/pm-modi…
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Over in India, this is what Facebook does
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143,000 dead Americans and counting. And a "bored with it" President according to the @GOP nytimes.com/2020/07/19/us/po…? via @nytimes
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Israel has chosen a two-tiered society. Violence is the inevitable result. Denial of human rights to Palestinians is simply unsustainable--in the long run. washingtonpost.com/outlook/i…
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for men. just among men. only men. @serenawilliams 23
Most Grand Slam titles. Roger Federer: 20 Rafael Nadal: 20 Novak Djokovic: 18 Pete Sampras: 14 Roy Emerson: 12 Rod Laver: 11 Bjorn Borg: 11
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Journalist @RanaAyyub on Why Physical Distancing Is a Privilege For Millions, via @BoF businessoffashion.com/articl… podcast
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PAY ATTENTION, AMERICA Coronavirus Testing Needs to Triple Before the US Can Reopen, Experts Say nytimes.com/interactive/2020…?
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Mourning the loss of Payal (Mehta) Sethi, 55, a Times School of Journalism (TRFI) classmate; founding member of @livemint on our copydesk; daughter, spouse, mother, and a dear friend, who was opinionated, funny, hard-working, affectionate and fiercely stood on her own two feet.
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Why journalism needs to stop pretending its newsrooms are objective. One report, two very factual headlines yet two (self reinforcing) opposite news judgement prisms. @nytimes (left): Page A15: 2-col headline top of page. @wsj (right): Page A4: 6-col headline middle of page.
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A strong contender from @CNN for enshrinement in the 2021 Corrections Hall of Fame cnn.com/2021/10/20/health/sl…
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Jack Rowe, a friend of Dr Fauci, is journalism gold. What a perfectly vivid distillation of a life: “All you really need to know about Tony Fauci is that, at five-foot, seven-inches, he was the captain of his high school basketball team.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…? @mollylroberts
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I continued to be a bit stupefied that journalism about #coronavirus & platforms simply ignores the one platform with billion visitors, @wikipedia, where we got it right from day one: the #Coronavirus article w/ 13,000 edits by over 2,000 editors since the start of the pandemic
I talked to Mark Zuckerberg, @jack, and others about the role of the platforms in this moment nytimes.com/2020/03/15/busin…
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Congratulations to @sree on being elected President of @sajahq board, a full 20 years after stepping down as inaugural President and a dozen years after leaving the Board, and just in time for SAJA’s 30th anniversary year. Onward… saja.org/page-935554
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Surprised they didn't end up saying "walk" upstairs instead of "come" upstairs...
Someone hasn't thought this through.
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The Washington Post #OneFreePress campaign spotlights @sandhyaravishan, an India journalist whose work on sand mafia has led to death threats and harassment:
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Humans of Bangalore, India h/t @samar11
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As headlines go: Queens Man Evicted from @QueensEagle queenseagle.com/all/queens-m…
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The @WhiteHouse didn't even call him when they found out about Hope Hicks, despite the days of working together on debate prep. He found out via news media. Now...
I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19. I want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who have reached out to ask how I was feeling in the last day or two. I will be receiving medical attention today and will keep the necessary folks apprised of my condition.
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This in @NewYorker
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Irene Cybulsky was a superstar surgeon—the only woman in Canada to head a cardiac surgery division—but her all-male staff resented her. When she was replaced with a man, she found a novel way to seek justice: torontolife.com/city/irene-c…
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The death toll among journalists from the deadly Covid-19 waves in India has now crossed 500 docs.google.com/document/u/1… A growing list maintained by @NWM_India is now at 518.
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Mint @livemint, my third-born, turns 15 today. Congrats to all who have contributed and a special thanks to those who helped birth it, @HT_Ed @CafeEconomics @capitalcalculus Priya Ramani @TamalBandyo @mitrakalita @MadAqua @JoseyJohn @SeemaC @durgaraghunath @MelissaBell @AnjiMenon
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"War: what, is it good?" A new poem by @TheAmandaGorman, via @FT ft.com/content/0c1d1d9f-cecc…
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I lost my father to covid-19 — along with my faith in India’s government to protect our people How much more heartbreak, death and lies from the government can my country endure during this pandemic? by @BDUTT washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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This @SriPKulkarni mini profile is amazing nytimes.com/2020/11/02/us/20…? (scroll to Texas) icymi @sree @mitrakalita @hari
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Here is why companies should stop forcing employees to change still secure personal passwords blogs.wsj.com/experts/2020/0… via @wsj
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Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth The @brianstelter book is ready for pre-orders amazon.com/Untitled-Brian-St…
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How Does an 83-Year-Old Jesuit End Up in Prison? Father Stan Swamy spent decades fighting for the rights of India’s marginalized people. In October, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government imprisoned him under antiterrorism laws. nytimes.com/2020/12/24/opini…? via @nytimes
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This, as covers go, is very good
TIME's new cover: Patient zero and the White House coronavirus outbreak ti.me/3jKzPv4
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The America we want to make sure we retain, come #3Nov2020.
You know, whatever else you think of Kamala Harris, it’s pretty amazing and awesome that immigrants can come to the U.S., meet, marry, have a child, and their daughter can grow up to be DA, state attorney general, U.S. Senator, and on a presidential ticket.
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Donald Trump paid $750 (yes, seven hundred and fifty dollars) in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750. He had paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years. nytimes.com/interactive/2020…? @nytimes
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Three NYC book shops make it to @FT's list of "The 20 Most Brilliant Bookshops" chosen by @FinancialTimes writers, as does Kitab Khana from Mumbai.
"The Most Brilliant Bookshops in the World" (via @FT) ow.ly/1l8850GwKhY #books #bookstores
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Good to see @TheKenWeb get some love How an Indian business site attracted 30,000 subscribers by sticking to publishing just one story a day reutersinstitute.politics.ox…
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Thank you, Prof Oommen. And Sandy. Here is to years of quiet contentment at Kollemvarieth. And always knowing you made a meaningful difference to the lives of hundreds of aspiring journalists in India and around the world. In gratitude and on behalf of all of them. Raju
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I am very sorry that Richard Regis, the epitome of a quintessential behind-the-scenes editor, who made @wsj one of the best edited newspapers in America for decades, died this week, four years after retiring from the Journal's news desk. I was lucky to have worked with Rich.
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30 local newsrooms across America have closed as the pandemic took its economic toll. So far. poynter.org/locally/2020/the… via @Poynter
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